The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Winners
2023 Amina Luqman-Dawson Freewater
2022 Donna Barba Higuera The Last Cuentista
2021 Tae Keller When You Trap a Tiger
2020 Jerry Craft New Kid
2019 Meg Medina Merci Suárez Changes Gears
2018 Erin Entrada Kelly Hello, Universe
2017 Kelly Barnhill The Girl Who Drank the Moon
2016 Matt de la Peña Last Stop on Market Street
2015 Kwame Alexander The Crossover
2014 Kate DiCamillo Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
2013 Katherine Applegate The One and Only Ivan
2012 Jack Gantos Dead End in Norvelt
2011 Clare Vanderpool Moon over Manifest
2010 Rebecca Stead When You Reach Me